[ConservativeMind]

EGCG is a specific extract from green tea, and the researchers believe the very inflammatory pathways that start up hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) can likely be turned down from EGCG.

You can get a bit over 100 mg of EGCG with two bags of brewed green tea.

[ConservativeMind]

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[Songcraft]

Thanks for researching and posting these alternative healthcare threads, ConservativeMind.

[packagingguy]

You shouldn’t overdo this one though. Epigallocatechin gallate, like other esters of gallic acid, can damage the liver if taken to excess. Humans evolved to take in moderate amounts given we are omnivorous.

Younes, Maged; Aggett, Peter; Aguilar, Fernando; et al. (18 April 2018). “Scientific opinion on the safety of green tea catechins”. EFSA Journal. 16 (4): e05239.

I think someone here posted an article a few months ago that said to avoid extracts, like those found in capsules, because it is more than humans can handle. We aren’t squirrels or deer, their saliva enzymes can break it down.

[chajin]

Short of EGCG capsules, the best source is matcha, but good quality, not the stuff being hawked in coffee shops.

And EGCG seems to work for a number of cancers. Back when I was there, it was a paradox that twice the percentage of Japanese smoked as Americans, but less than half the percentage of Japanese got lung cancer, and the presumptive reason was the daily drinking of either brewed or whisked green tea.

[Uncle Miltie]

I take EGCG daily with a handful of other anti-oxidants.

The most amazing thing happened when I started: My brain felt like someone went through it with a mop and cleaned out all the dirty old musty spaces and cleared everything up. It’s stable that way now for 2 years. Wow.

Two separate doctors have confirmed that that experience is likely given a good anti-oxidant regimen.

In addition, virtually all good anti-oxidants are also anti-inflammatories, which helped eliminate my arthritis (stopping working didn’t hurt either!), and is known to help avoid heart disease, which starts as inflamed arteries that get covered up with cholesterol plaques.

So I heartily recommend it!

[Omnivore-Dan]

Huh. My love of good beer has given me some concern as to the state of my liver. I have no reason to believe I have a compromised one, but I have decided to cut back just in case. I like tea, black or green and think I’ll try some of this EGCG stuff. Maybe it will extend the life of my liver so I can enjoy more beer. But it will still be after my second love which is a big mug of my own ground bean coffee in the morning.

[Rockingham]

Better than drinking green tea, which is unpalatable to most Westerners, take two small capsules of Soltea, a concentrated green tea extract that has the caffeine removed. In addition to disrupting potential liver cancer, Soltea also lowers cholesterol, enough to avoid or enhance statins. I use the stuff and it works.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

C.M. Thanks for posting! If anyone decides to drink green tea, add some slices of ginger to your brewing water. Ginger may help prostate issues. I have been using both for a while. Add lemon if you want, and maybe honey. I can drink the green tea, but not black teas like Liptons.

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If you are going to brew green tea get good quality tea from Japan. Wikipedia has a good article discussing the various types of Japanese Green Teas.

Sencha

"Sencha (煎茶, lit. 'infused tea') is a type of Japanese green tea (緑茶, ryokucha) which is prepared by infusing the processed whole tea leaves in hot water. This is as opposed to matcha (抹茶), powdered Japanese green tea, where the green tea powder is mixed with hot water and therefore the leaf itself is included in the beverage. Sencha is the most popular tea in Japan."